Tuesday's Rumour Mill

Throughout the summer I'll be keeping an eye on all the transfer rumours, gossip and general rubbish that appears at this time of year, whilst giving my own opinion on the business done. The day’s news will be accumulated and posted here before 12pm, with any updates posted throughout the day.

Premier League

Edinson Cavani

If you witnessed the Confederations Cup game between Uruguay and Nigeria a few nights back, if asked which of the players on the pitch would be subject to a £50 million bid from Manchester United, not many would have said Edinson Cavani. With several heavy touches, glaring misses and appearing to struggle to link up with Luis Suarez effectively Cavani looked miles away from the player who has scored 78 goals over the last three seasons for Napoli. However David Moyes is keen to acquire the forward as he attempts to sustain United's ruling of the English top flight, these rumours will again raise questions over Wayne Rooney's future at Old Trafford which is less than clear. With Arsenal 'interested' in the England forward and having already expressed his desire to leave, any sale of Rooney would be sure to cause something of a transfer merry-go-round the like of which football has never seen. 

...to another

From one flop...

With news coming out today that Shakhtar Donetsk's Henrikh Mkhitaryan isn't interested in a move to Liverpool, having posted on his Facebook page that any information of a proposed transfer is false, Rodgers and co have moved quickly onto their next target former Juventus flop Eljero Elia who is currently at Werder Bremen. The Dutch international is still only 26 and having come to prominence in the Bundesliga perhaps he will be more accustomed to the fast pace of the Premier League as opposed to the measured pace of Serie A. With the second coming of Joe Kinnear as director of football, Geordies across the world have been in mourning. However Geordies may seek solace in the fact that the first act of 'Fat Joe' appears to be the signing of Vitesse Arnhem striker Wilfried Bony, Kinnear saw Bony's stats of 46 goals in 65 games and made the decision only a man with his years of experience in the game could to move for the Ivory Coast international. I would stay well away from Bony as for every Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Luis Suarez the Eredivisie produces there are the likes of Mateja Kezman and Alfonso Alves who score countless goals in Holland and fail to replicate their form elsewhere.

Wanyama

Last season was possibly the best in the career of Celtic's Victor Wanyama, the highlight being that header against Barcelona in the Champions League. His form has caused interest from numerous European clubs, having turned down the terms being offered by Southampton it now looks odds on for the Kenyan to sign for newly promoted Cardiff City. The Welsh clubs Malaysian owners are looking to flex their financial muscle having already agreed terms with Tom Ince, the signing of Wanyama would in my opinion take them a step further to securing their survival without a ball being kicked. Rumours are also circulating today that England U21 international Nathan Redmond has been subject to two bids from Premier League clubs, Redmond was one of the bright sparks for England this summer and any move would cost in the region of £2 million.

The Football League

This goal versus the Baggies
seems a long time ago now

Again the demise of Wolves grabs the headlines in the Football League with new gaffer Kenny Jackett placing club captain Karl Henry, Stephan Ward, Roger Johnson and Jamie O'Hara on the transfer list. O'Hara, signed for 3.5 million from Spurs missed the majority of last season through injury and despite his clear ability Wolves are struggling to shift the former Premier league player. With many teams reporting back for pre-season this week I expect the transfers to come thick and fast in the coming days as managers gauge the strengths of their squads.

Rest of the World

Pjanic of Roma

AC Milan CEO Adriano Galliani has been a busy man so far today, ruling out a move for Carlos Tevez and stating that despite interest from Spain Riccardo Montilivo is not for sale. Another person to play down speculation is Roma's Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic who has ruled out any potential move to Borussia Dortmund, the Germans would see him as an ideal replacement for Mario Gotze